Scruffty's Big Dig is the first and premiere episode of the fifth series.
Plot
Bob, Wendy and the Machines are going to Mrs. Broadbent's House who had a big hole in the wall but, Scruffty gets stuck in the rabbit hole. Passing the field, Muck hears a weird howling sound and thinks it's a ghost. Bob shines a torch into the hole and sees Scruffty. Lofty lowers his hook into the hole and Scruffty manages to hold on whilst Lofty hauls him out of the rabbit hole.
Characters
Animals
- Rabbits (debut)
Voice Cast
United Kingdom & Australia
- Neil Morrissey as Bob, Roley, Lofty, Farmer Pickles & Scruffty
- Rob Rackstraw as Scoop & Muck
- Kate Harbour as Wendy, Dizzy & Pilchard
North America
- William Dufris as Bob & Farmer Pickles
- Lorelei King as Wendy
- Alan Marriott as Scoop
- Maria Darling as Dizzy & Roley
- Lachele Carl as Muck
- Sonya Leite as Lofty
- Kate Harbour as Pilchard (Uncredited)
- Neil Morrissey as Scruffty (Uncredited)
Finland
- Timo Tuominen as Bob and Roley
- Antti Pääkkönen as Scoop and Lofty
- Jukka Rasila as Muck and Farmer Pickles
- Rinna Paatso as Wendy and Dizzy
Locations
- Bobsville
- The Countryside
Trivia
- Despite airing in 2002 for the UK, this episode was produced in 2001 according to the UK credits.
- This episode was also released on VHS in September 2001 before airing on the main BBC channel and CBeebies in April 2002.
- This episode was aired on TV in the US before premiering on TV in the UK.
- This episode premiered on April Fools' Day in the UK.
- This episode marks the first of a few things:
- First episode to feature rabbits.
- First episode to premiere in 2002 on Television for the UK.
- One of the first two episodes to premiere in 2002 for the US.
- This episode was paired with Pilchard Steals the Show (Series 5) when it first premiered in North America and Latin America.
In Other Languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | Gërmimi i Paharruar i Skraftit! | Scruffty's Unforgettable Dig! |
| Polish | Reksio i wielka nora | Scruffty and a Great Hole |
| Russian | Скраффти попадает в беду | Scruffty Gets Into Trouble |
| Latin Spanish | La Excavación de Scruffty | Scruffty's Dig |
| Dutch | Vlekkie’s diepe kuil | Scruffty's Deep Pit |
| German | Bello, der Buddelkönig | Scruffty, the King Muck |
| Romanian | Scruffty cade-n groapa | Scruffty's Pit Falls |
| Czech | Azorův velký výkop | Scruffty's Big Kickoff |
| Finnish | Vilpas Pinteessä | Scruffty's Dig |